jpdb beta

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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Japanese-style room

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clanging; empty; deserted

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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

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in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

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one thin flat object; one sheet

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zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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to open the door

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dark night; moonless night

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rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

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main; principal; chief; primary; major

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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warm heart; kindliness

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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dear

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private room

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

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remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

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black rotary-dial telephone

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till just now

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wall clock; grandfather clock

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twelve o'clock; midnight; noon

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long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time

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younger; junior

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even now; still; as yet

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the opposite sex; isomerism

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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feminine; womanly; female

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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reproachful; hateful; bitter

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how many years; how long; what year

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to die

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short; brief

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

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to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

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to survive; to live long

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exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

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medical care; medical treatment

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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